\n\t\t\tBrandon Curry is currently dealing with mobility issues stemming from an ankle injury but that doesn\u2019t stop the 2019 Mr. Olympia champion from hitting his quads as he chases success on the Olympia stage once again.
\n\u201cI had a high ankle sprain recently,\u201d explains \u201cThe Prodigy\u201d in an Instagram post on June 12, 2024, explaining that rather than stay at home, he is still in the gym, and working around his limitations in order to stay on track with his epic muscle-building regimen.<\/p>\n
Brandon Curry\u2019s Top 4 Exercises To Train With An Ankle Injury
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\nLeg Extensions
\n\u201cAs you see, in this leg extension, trying to get a good, good, stretch,\u201d says Curry. \u201cMy knees are shifted forward, my butt is shifted more forward, and I\u2019m finishing with partial reps at the bottom of the movement.\u201d
\nThe aim here is for the bodybuilder to put less over all strain on his ankle. To that end, he also adjusts his position by shifting the seat back. \u201cStill knees shifted forward and leaning back more,\u201d he demonstrates. \u201cI find that this hits the upper-quad, up to the hip a little bit more.\u201d Curry finishes his leg extensions by doing partial reps at the bottom of the movement, as this is closer to the ankle and the partials won\u2019t stretch it out so much, allowing him to work towards failure without further aggravating his sprain.
\nSingle Leg Reverse Nordic Curl
\nCrediting Coach Kassem for the inspiration, the 41-year-old executes a reverse Nordic curl\/reverse glute ham raise or \u201cwhatever you want to call it,\u201d movement that can be seen in the video, as demonstrated by \u2018The Prodigy\u2019 . \u201cIt worked out perfectly,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna hit you in the (quad-hamstring) stretch range, really, really, hard.\u201d Curry says that each exercise in this workout it designed to stretch the upper legs rather than put too much pressure on his rolled ankle.
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\nSquats
\nReturning to squats for the first time since picking up the injury, Curry makes a cautious comeback on the smith machine and places his feet further forward, he stresses, \u201cbecause ankle flection is where I\u2019m limited.\u201d He adds, \u201cThis caused me a little bit of discomfort but not too much, so I decided not to go too heavy and load that ankle too much, but I walked those feet out so I wouldn\u2019t have too much knee-over-toe action, because that\u2019s where I\u2019m still limited, and I feel the tendons and everything get angry, but I was able to get some good sets here and not push the weight too much.\u201d
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\nLeg Press
\nTo complete the workout, Curry donned the Blood Flow Restriction cuffs to round out his session with the leg press. \u201cAs you see, I\u2019ve got my feet high on the platform due to the lack of ankle mobility,\u201d explains Curry, noting that his usual stance would be lower. \u201cI decided to do BFR because I know the heavier the load gets, the more angry the ankle starts to feel. So, I didn\u2019t want to push too much.\u201d The champion bodybuilder says that he was able to get effective reps form the leg press by utilizing the cuffs. \u201cBlood flow restriction is tough, so you see in between sets that I\u2019m still uncomfortable, with these cuffs on, but I\u2019m able to pump out these reps and just get it done.\u201d
\nOf course, if you are dealing with an injury you should seek medical advice before undergoing any type of intense training and you should work to a set and rep range that works for your individual circumstances so that you don\u2019t exacerbate any injuries, but for warriors like \u2018The Prodigy,\u2019 it is good to know that there are ways of working around an issue with smart workouts. \u201cIf you have limited ankle mobility for any reason, this may be a good workout to try,\u201d says Curry. \u201cThis was a good, effective workout for me.\u201d
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Brandon Curry is currently dealing with mobility issues stemming from an ankle injury but that doesn\u2019t stop the 2019 Mr. Olympia champion from hitting his quads as he chases success on the Olympia stage once again. \u201cI had a high ankle sprain recently,\u201d explains \u201cThe Prodigy\u201d in an Instagram post on June 12, 2024, explaining […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-deserts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanabaking.snipsglow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}